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Join the Japan-America Society of Houston (JASH) and The Jung Center for an inspirational and instructive webinar on the Japanese concept of ukeireru, or acceptance.
As part of JASH’s Authors on Japan series, psychologist Scott Haas, Ph.D. will be discussing his new book Why Be Happy?: The Japanese Way of Acceptance.
By embracing and practicing ukeireru, Dr. Haas offers an elegant, practical, and life-changing look at ways to reduce anxiety and stress and increase overall well-being.
Haas perceives the basic elements of contentment in Japan as acceptance and empathy and asks if these aren't more satisfyingly found in the connections between people than in the isolated (American) individual."
―Merry White, PhD, Professor of Anthropology, Boston University
Learn more about the book from Forbes and Boston Globe.
This event is free with registration. Click on the button below to register:
About the Author:
Scott Haas is a writer and clinical psychologist. The winner of a James Beard award for his on-air broadcasts on public radio, he holds a Ph.D. from the University of Detroit, and he did his doctoral internship at Massachusetts Mental Health Center, a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital.
Based in Cambridge, MA and Braunwald, Switzerland, Dr. Haas spends time in Japan each year.
About the Moderator:
Sean Fitzpatrick is a psychotherapist in private practice and the executive director of The Jung Center in Houston, Texas. His book The Ethical Imagination: Exploring Fantasy and Desire in Analytical Psychology was published by Routledge in August 2019.
Sean holds masters degrees in religious studies from Rice University and in clinical psychology from the University of Houston — Clear Lake. He received his PhD in psychology, with a specialization in Jungian studies, from Saybrook University. He is a senior fellow of the American Leadership Forum. Sean serves on the board of the Network of Behavioral Health Providers in Houston.
This event is presented in partnership with The Jung Center
